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Alex Rajewski
Experienced bioinformatics data scientist with experience in oncology, drug design, single-cell sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, epigenetics, genome assembly, and phylogenetics. Also skilled in pipeline development, including Nextflow, Docker, Singularity, and Git. I am an excellent science communicator to both public and professional audiences.
Education
PhD Bioinformatics & Plant Biology
University of California, Riverside
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2020
- Genome assembly/annotation, RNA-seq, phylogenetics, high-throughput CRISPR screening
- NGS library prep, PCR, tissue culture, in situ hybridization, microscopy
MS Horticulture
University of Georgia
N/A
2015
- Population genetics, Microsatellites/SSR, phylogenetics
BS Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology
Drake University
N/A
2010
Work Experience
Bioinformatics Scientist
SEngine Precision Medicine
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current - 2022
- Development of high-throughput drug screening analysis pipelines in R
- Consultation on experimental design and statistical analysis
Research Bioinformatician II
Cedars-Sinai Genomics Core
N/A
2022 - 2021
- Advanced analysis of single-cell RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, WES/WGS, CUT&Tag, ATAC-seq
- Pipeline development with Nextflow, Docker, and Git
Congress-Bundestag Fellow & Research Intern
Universität Rostock
N/A
2012 - 2011
- Vaccine production in transgenic plants
- Developed plant transformation methods in lupine, pea, tobacco, and potato
Research Assistant
Pioneer Hi-Bred (Corteva)
N/A
2011 - 2010
- Developed SQL database to integrate phenotypic and genotypic measurements
NSF Research Intern
North Carolina State University
N/A
Aug 2009 - May 2009
- Validated viral protein production in novel hosts
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Stacking the odds: Multiple sites for HSV-1 latency
Science Advances.
Shaohui Wang, Xueying Song, Alex Rajewski, Chintda Santiskulvong, and Homayon Ghiasi
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2023
Multispecies Transcriptomes Reveal Core Fruit Development Genes
Frontiers in Plant Science
Alex Rajewski, Dinusha Maheepala, Jessica Le, Amy Litt
N/A
2022
SOX9 switch orchestrates dynamic Wnt niches and kidney myofibroblast activity
Cell (In Review)
Z. Wang; S. Aggarwal; A. Rajewski; M.K. Bhasin; K. Suresh; M. Yamashita; H. Akiyama; S.A.Karumanchi; S.C. Jordan; P.W. Noble; P.E. Cippà; S. Kumar.
N/A
2022
Cell therapy attenuates endothelial dysfunction in hypertensive rats with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction
Heart and Circulatory Physiology
G. de Couto, T. Mesquita, X. Wu, A. Rajewski, F. Huang, A. Akhmerov, N. Na, D. Wu, Y. Wang, L. Li, M. Tran, P. Kilfoil, E. Cingolani, E. Marbán
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2022
Datura Genome Reveals Duplications of Psychoactive Alkaloid Biosynthetic Genes and High Mutation Rate Following Tissue Culture
BMC Genomics
Alex Rajewski, Derreck Carter-House, Jason Stajich, and Amy Litt
N/A
2021
in Vitro Plant Regeneration and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated Transformation of Datura stramonium
Applications in Plant Science
Alex Rajewski, Kevan Elkins, Ashley Henry, Joyce Van Eck, and Amy Litt
N/A
2019
Evolution and Diversification of FRUITFULL Genes in Solanaceae
Frontiers in Plant Science
Dinusha Maheepala, Chris Emerling, Alex Rajewski, Jenna Macon, Maya Stahl, Natalia Pabón-Mora, and Amy Litt
N/A
2019
Classification and phylogenetic analyses of the Arabidopsis and tomato G-type lectin receptor kinases
BMC Genomics
Marcella A. Teixeira, Alex Rajewski, Jiangman He, Olenka G. Castaneda, Amy Litt, and Isgouhi Kaloshian
N/A
2018